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Day started overcast and fished well three chub all about four pound, although very sunny in the afternoon twobarbel and also a couple that were lost. Finished early as it had been a long drag down from London and needed dinner and a pint.

2 Barbel, 6 Chub

14 chub taken during morning session, all 4lb+. River low and clear.

14 Chub

lovely afternoons fishing. nice weather and gentle breeze, sadly no significant hatch. grayling from 8-14 inches trout all around 12 inches.

10 Trout, 10 Grayling

Lovely day for fishing, warm and cloudy but very little fish activity seen. Fished NZ style and rose three fish but saw only one other rise. Caught three decent fish 1/2 to 3/4 pound keeping one. Fish caught on either an Adams parachute or tungsten headed nymph. River very low but signs of it having been higher recently, ie wet weed on the bedrock.

3 Trout

3lb perch x 2. Possibly the same fish caught twice.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Other

My father caught one nice trout from a fast riffle, but i was struggling to connect. I believe the majority of this fish were in the top pool of this beat. The pool's wooded sides make casting difficult if not impossible. I needed a hand out of the mud right at the top. It sucked the sole right off my wading boot.

Maybe I should have spent more time fishing where the fish were, rather than where I wanted them to be. Sitting motionless and waiting for a fish to come in range and somehow dangle a fly in front of it would possibly be a winning technique, but is far from what I’d consider fly fishing.

My GRHE nymph wasn’t interesting any trout today, but the shoals of minnows swarmed around it like piranhas, gamely attacking a prey huge relative to their body size.

Maybe there is a way to avoid them blank? Yes, I’m going there. I tied on my smallest, barbless hare’s ear, and dangled it at my feet. The tiny fish swarmed around it until one appeared which was big enough to take the fly in its mouth. I’d intentionally targeted a fish whose name is a synonym for small in the English language. Still, blank avoided and a new species for me. And I’m not even sorry.

1 Trout, 1 Other

Such a lovely stretch. Not the best conditions - sunny and so many canoeists - but nice to see water back in the river.
Bit of a social session so only fished the driveable section opposite the national trust property and arrived lunchtime-ish
Had one pb chub as it sytarted to get dark so very happy. Didn't see any sign of barbel
will be back

1 Chub

good fishing in the morning, nymphing with French leader. Switch to dry in the afternoon, but not much activity, Just 4 graylings. It is a been pleasure sharing the beat with another gentle angler, coming from London too, enjoying together such pleasant day.

4 Trout, 5 Grayling

No fish caught. Only saw one fish during the 5 or 6 hours of fishing. Looked promising but water very clear and still low.

My first time on the River Wye; a lovely stretch of river. Nothing rising but managed a few lovely trout on a tungsten nymph.

3 Trout